Fi.mrARY 5, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



15 



Sports I can recall, just now. I claim that a score Of 200 made Up of 



i id reds, i» betterthan a like score made up all the way from 



White f.O gold. 1 Claim further, that the hluc-and-reil man is a Iiet- 



groher than the other, and should be enti ted a tniii b oonsld- 



eration in Hie n I ing. As far as the ques- 



tion of having the gold tor the mark grips, a target made up after 

 that standard would have very little charm for the majority of 

 archers, and detract very much from the pleasure of shnotiug.as 

 few archers would find much ploj I otioB in pending- 



most of their time chasing after arrows which missed the mark. 

 If Mr, '• Massasoit" will put up a olout of that sort some day, and 

 try, say ninety arrows (American Round allowance). I fancy his re- 

 BgBCl tor the additional rings would increase in proportion to (lie 

 contracted appearance of his score, and fatigue of legs wearied 

 with Hindi arrow -hunting, f remember my first impression of 

 the present system of counting was to wonder ivlint genius took 

 the time to study up such an odd system to Impose on the con- 

 tiding archer, when the natural first idea would he of numetfoal 

 ind the next impression was to wonder 



how lone: I ' I : "'; 'fraternity to awaken to the 



fact that the sjstem should he changed and (in my humble 

 opinion) improved. It would make It more intelligible to the 

 general public, he more easily counted and understood, and save 

 mental wear and tear of scorers mi shooti i -. I would suggest 

 lo my New England fellow-archer, that, after he had fried the 

 new system, a 5 fput in a big full-faced fellow, Mr- Compositor! 

 would perhaps look as big to him as a 9 (smallest you have, Mr. 

 Compositor) does now. At all events, I hope the discussion now 

 going on in your columns will eventually load to the change, and 

 that it will be made soon. 1 want, all the whites I usually get to 

 stand a "better ohanue; and perhaps Mr. "Massasoit Bowman" 

 won't object to that sort of thing himself, D [I er he gets a little ac- 

 customed to it. We can't all be champions. The California archers 

 are talking up a League for the Pacific coast, and, if accomplished, 

 the Eastern archers may rest assured this change will be si roiu-ly 

 advoeated, and, as far as I can Judge, adopted. When will the 

 National Association do as much 1 Pacific Poor Shot, 



GADEantlKG, 111.. Jan. Will, 1SS0. 

 uaftfjrJSfores «nc St/i 1 1 m 

 Permit me to express my sympathy with Mr. Brownell in his 



desire that the present system of archery scoring bo reformed— 

 at least thoroughly discussed. 



The advan ta ge that larger arrows have over smaller, is eompar- 

 3 small matter; and the difficulty of determining upon 

 which side 0! the line the extreme point of the arruw strikes, is 

 obvious. A more practical plan would be to give an arrow strik- 

 ing two colors half the sum of both. Thus, large arrows would 

 have the advantage just outside the dividing line, and small ones 

 just inside. 



The element of luck al 0) - mi r - can be made more unim- 

 portant in a better way than by changing the relative values of 

 the colors of the target. Leave these values as they are, and add 

 something to the score for each hit as such, say, at eighty yards, 

 one, at one hundred yards, two, t give an example at each dis- 

 tance :— 



Proposed McOuxi, 



, , 1 lis Hits; Score.. KB 2-i Hits; Score.. 102:28- 130 



MJ raida-,.,., .. ,. 103 23 ., „ i03:j :t -I;?,: 



Ot course, the amount of allowance for hits should be deter- 

 mined by the judgment of our most experienced archers; but it 

 seems to me that there should be some allowance at the long 

 ranges. 



My *22bow is knotty and crooked. 1 knew no better than 

 to select such a ono ; but, after all, r selected better than I knew. 

 The record shows that, though "a rum un' to look at, it isa good 

 im-" to shoot. This record bej :■'..'. Since then T 



have recorded."! Vie.!, I. •■• s; I3J American Rounds, 



Many Scores I did not record at all ; neither is account made of 

 flight-shooting, in which I have indulged considerably; and,cspe- 

 cially it will be observed that there is no record from June 1st to 

 August 21st, during which time 1 shot quite as assiduously as later, 

 though at shorter ranges. I think I must have shot at least 15,000 

 arrrowswith my bow, I have broken several string's upon it; 

 and three times inadvertently pulled an arrow through it; still, 

 tho " crooked old slick," as one manufacturer called it, is there— 

 the only bow 1 use. A few days since it threw an ordinary forty- 

 six target-arrow two hundred ami thirty yards. I need not say, 

 whilo I am pleased with my bow, 1 am ashamed of myself; but 

 Such a verdant archer needed just such a tenacious bow. 



Permit me to say in conclusion, that tho purpose of a bow, as it 

 seems to me, it not to last, but to shoot. I have a Japanese bow 

 that I never use, though 1 am sure I could never break it. 



T. It. \V. 



Hawthorns vs. PBQPOSSKTT8.— Boston, Jan. 2-itIi.— Match be- 

 tween Hawthorn Archers, of Boston Highlands, and Pequoss- 

 ctte Archers, of Watertowu. Two rcuuds of 3D arrows each, ladies, 

 Bhootlng at SQyarda, and gent [eaten at 40 yards t— 



HAWTnORS Atli I 



1st Rnuno, "J. Round. Total. 



F, H. Braekett. . . - 



118 



Dr. J. Dwiffht.... 



151 



If. Worthingron. .' 



r 1T3 



S. a. Smith 



.., ... ISO 



Miss It. Wilson..., 



m 



Mi<sF. W .. . 



130 



Miss .1 Wilson, .. 



W 



Miss L. Braekett 



- . 120 





1,153 





PEQUOSETTE AltCHEItS 





124 



a. s. Bro? 



135 



S. P. Abbmr.. . 



117 



N.D.Abbot. 



SO 



Miss Walker 



117 



M; . ',il i„v 



88 



Mrs. Shaekford .. 



110 



[iRdiOS 1 Average. . 



10a 



Gents' Average. . 







880 



Several ol the ar 



shCTS have not shot for 



circumstance, togt 



t her with the very trying 



affected tho ooroi 



ft nstdarably. Several e 



frequently passed 



200 score, and the ladles 



182 

 155 



131 



3,1:' 



:,ni : 



175, at 30 yards, and 141 at 40 yards. 



935 1,821 



ne time, and this 

 ht on the targets, 



H. A, 



New York Archery Club.— The New York Archery Club has 

 persevered in Its search Corn inter quarters, and is now admirably 



looa'ed at the Ninth Regiment Armory. Twenty-sixth street, be- 

 tween Seventh and I .1.11, ... mis. The drill-room of the ar- 

 mory, the use of which was obtained through the courtesy 01 Col. 

 StophonO. Ryder, is 00x200 feet, and 54 feet, high, affording full 

 room for 40-yard, 50-yard and GO-yard shooting. The regular 

 meetings of (he club will be held here every Saturday evening, 



and as 



mem he 

 flyene' 



v name: 





so cordially opened Its doors to the interested 



m increased interest in this noble game. Tho 

 .'. 1 r . 1 sing. At tho Inst monthly mooting 

 e added to the roll and three others were pro- 



Last Saturday evening was the first practice in the armory. The 

 ladies shot, for the monthly pri/e, which was Thompson's " Witch- 

 ery of Archery." Mrs. Dr. l)e Ltuia won it. with a score of 3iS5. 

 The gentlemen shot for the weekly badge, and it was captured by 

 Mr. Breeze with a total Of 580—90 arrows at thirty yards. The 

 return match with the Ascham Archers, of Brooklyn, S. D., we 

 Understand, will now soon be shot; while, the club has another 

 challenge on its hands from the Oritant Ciiibol Haekensack, N.J. 

 The gentleman who sent the two linen-thread bow-string's a few 

 weeks ago will confer a favor by sending his address to Dr, A. 11. 

 De Luna, West Thirty --second Street . 



New T DBS vs. BORTON.-iYew Yorl;, Jan. 30th.- Archers in New 

 York and vicinity are respectfully invited to send ofuolnl scores 

 Of the A in srican Hound to W.Holberton, care of Conroy. Bfesett & 

 MaUcscm 1 Fulton St., or to W. C. Beeeher, 237 Broadway, SO that 

 1, team of six may be selected to shoot a match with tho Boston 

 archers jjoa I Decoration Day 1, May 20th), tho first match to be shot 

 at Mount Morris Parle, and the return match in Boston on some 

 1 tat< "Cores to be sent in by May 1st. Matches lor positions 



on t lie tea will be shot during- that month. 



W. Hoi.BBUTON. President Oritani Archers. 



-The veteran Major A. G. Constable, President of the Brooklyn 

 Archery Club, has been unanimously elected Second Vieo-Presi- 

 dent ot the Grand Mutual Archery Association for the ensuing 

 year. , 



-eferen 



to Mr. Gray's bow, which a correspondent stated 

 last week was returned to the manufacturers because it was mis- 

 shapen, Messrs. Couroy, Bissett & MaUeaon explain that the bow 

 was sent back to them simply bemuse Mr. Gray wished to ex- 

 change it for a heavier one-Mr. Gray's letterand the bow itself. 

 both now to be seen at thou- office, Showing this. 



§}:uhting mid $§o<itin$. 



— * — 



Keels and Gutters— The now yacht now building by Alonzo 

 Smith at Islip f or Mr. J. G. Cassat t will be rigged as a cutter. The 

 Oerndia, Originally built for Dr. Vondy, J. C. Y. C has been sold 

 to Mr. Chas. Warren Lippit.t, of Providence, B. I., and will be 

 turned into a keel. Verily, signs of the times. 



Yachting in Lay .TomtNALS.-It Is unfortunately true that the 

 lay journals have as a rule very poor accounts of yacht racing in 

 their vicinity Sometimes the nautical flights of the Bohemian 

 ,:,, a, inscrutable and wondrous in more ways than one. The 



of the adept can be traced in every line, and we are glad to know 

 that our contemporary intends continuing in Its good ways. 



" SAPPHO."— This schooner has been laying up for two months 

 past in the old harbor of Marseille, but has now been taken into 

 dock to have her copper looked after and prepare for the great 

 Nico races. It is also snid that her spars will be lengthened to 

 tho old racing proportions. If Sappho will only be put in the 

 hands of an American skipper she is safe for the big prize. 



MEAStruEMfNT.— Classification according to length only is gen- 

 erally condemned, and this judgment has in our eyes all the more 

 importance, since it is not only the expression of tho majority 

 but it emanates also from the most competent yachtsmen best 

 acquainted with the maragement of races.— Le Yacht. 



Screw Yacht.— The generally accepted percentages among 

 naval architects arc: Wooden vessel equal 100, than iron vessel 

 equal 60, and composite vessel 56. In small vessels the difference 

 Is not so great, especially, when special construction or heavy 

 plating is necessary to secure rigidity in iron sloops. Mischief 

 weighs about as much as a wooden sloop, but has her weights 

 disposed to better advantage for strength and stability. 



The More the Mhrrieb.— Djtr esteemed oontemporary, the 

 Spirit of the, Times, sees danger to American yachting m the fleet 

 of steamers now building. But in reality there is none ; we have 

 sea-room for all, and if a limited portion of the community prefer 

 the greater certainty and greater speed of fine screw steam yachts, 

 by aU means let us have them— the more the merrier. There will 

 always be enough among the other half of the public to choose 

 the romance, roominess, cheapness and adventure peculiar to the 

 sailing craft. A glance at the fleet of big steam yachts in Eng- 

 land shows that we are a long ways off from driving out the sail- 

 ing yacht, for inAmerica the preponderance of the latter is much 

 greater than in England, yet no ono dreads any dire consequences 

 to the prosperity of the noble fleet of cutters, yawls and schoon- 

 ers abroad from any inordinate or abnormal weakening in favor 

 of steam. Anything that, sets the American afloat and carries 

 him out to sea away from the dyspeptic desk and business wor- 

 ries will be sure to make a man of him, whether he hoists his flag 

 aboard a first-class steamer or at the masthead of a flyi ng schooner. 

 If the Iron frames of deep draft, seaworthy steamers are going 

 up In many yards, neither will the builder of wooden sailing 

 yachts complain,for he is busy swinging his adze from morning till 

 night. Prosperity in one branch goes hand In band with activity 

 in the ol her, for both are Indications of the growing wealth of 

 the nation. 



Lymam's Bowing Gear.— With the spring the demand for Ly- 

 man's bow-facing rowing gear is likely to spurt up afresh. For 

 family and sportsmen's use we know of nothing better, and Mr, 

 Lyman has many testimonials indorsing the advantages claimed 

 for his invention. Prices have been reduced. Mr. Lyman also 

 builds excellent boats of ull kinds. Send for his circular. 



Ice BoAtinc — Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has got an lee yacht, and 

 undertakers, are smiling Ri the business outlook. This is the 

 opinion of the Sturgeon Bay Advomic : "To travel a mile a 

 minute is something to be proud of, and to tell to your grand- 

 children when you take them upon your kueos to delight their 

 inuooent souls with the usual after-supper batch of liesabout the 

 wonderful experiences of your giddy youth. But suppose that 

 you stop at tho rate of a mile a minute 1 Ay, there's the rub. 

 Why, you wouldn't have any grandchildren to lie to. What's the 

 : travel) i c R mile a minute at the risk of a black walnut 

 ulster and a season ticket to the cemetery V" 



I'eorncTiNt, Ships' BOTTOMS'— Says Iron: "It appears that 

 during a surveying expedition In Natal, which was being carried 

 out for the Colonial Government, the discovery was made that a 

 strongly glutinous juice or gum, which issued from certain plants 

 belonging to the natural order Bltphorblacete, when cut with tho 



clearing knives, adhered so 

 difficult to remove. It was 

 did not rust, and that when 

 marine life would touch it. 

 tremely bitter and irritalh 

 practicable it requires to be 

 To effect this it is necessary 

 of spirits, and in that condil 

 nary pigments, thooombim 

 spread upon a 



which is 



•vions t 



sottve pr 



Brmly to the blades that it was very 

 further found that the iron so coated 

 immersed in the sea no barnacles nor 

 In Its pure state the gum is an ex- 

 ,g poison. To render its application 

 ixtmbined with some other substance, 

 to dissolve tho gum in a -preparation 

 ion it will readily combine -with ordi- 

 tlon forming a material which when 

 a glossy coating to it, and one,more- 

 1 moisture, while its own po- 

 inimpafred. A series of ex- 

 extended scale, and were so 



successful that they led 



siticm 



on a large s" 



lib 





duction Of this romp. 



■ale 



by the Protector 



Fluid Company, of No. 



8 Lcadenha 



Lo 



ldon. The reason 



of this success is ex phi i 



icd by 



the cu-cums 



ant 



e that the juice of 



the Euphorbia, which f 



irma tl 



e base of t 



10 fluid, being of such 



an in tensely bitter nalu 



re, par 



Blyzea the efforts of all insects to 



attach themselves to a 



urfaet 



or bore Intt 



an 



l substance coated 



with if. With res'ard t 





■actloal spj 





ion to ships' bot- 



toms, the testimony of 



Shtp-Ot 



rners and ol 



her 



i who have used it 



goes to show that the i\ 



suits a 



•e very satis 





Dry." 



Apjestixo Compass 



es.-Iu 



England a 





troal E seems to 



havo been had about ir 



•eguhu 



deviations 1 





1 is in now 



iron steam yachts. It is 



well k 



cov.-n 1 hal 1 





[served deviations 



obtained from " swing! 



Ig ship 



"are apt to 



unc 



ergo Eonstaernble 



modification with matei 



ail cha 





te, 



indil ■ (V.reign voy- 



ages are oonH-mplolod 



>y the 



lew iron ya 



•tits 



now building, too 



much care in obtaining 



thede 



ialion (vari 



tio 



i and local attrac- 



tion) cannot be taken. 



Above 



all. have tin 



tal 



ts prepared by an 



expert, and do not trust 



to the 



crude open 



tio 



- Of i! hero of the 



" belaying-pin " variety 



, who 





sup 



ereiliousness nnv- 



thing that he has not been taught in tho na 



rrot 



v range of his own 



experience. 



Cmi.t. \ rensEE BOATS,— We are certainly farahead in the matter 

 of collapsible yachts' dingcj a. Tho " licrtlion" hoat of England i.s 

 twl ;c as heat y as the "' Gouglitry,'' more complicated, folds in less 

 space, more cosily, and no better In model. Wo have recently 

 inspected a "Coughtry," at Moore's, in Broadway, and for the 

 small sum of $35 tho owner of the small sloop can get a handsome, 

 buoyant and exceedingly well finished 9ft. tender. With such 

 boats in the market, there is simply no excuse for anyone going 

 off on a cruise without a boat stowed on top of the " house," in 

 the weather gangway, or below. A " Borthon" of similar size 

 weighs 110 lbs., and exposes canvas only to beaching. In time an 

 export trade in tho •' Coughtry" boats should be looked for. 



The Czab's YACHT.-Eeaders may remember the sudden de- 

 velopment circular vessels received through the instrumentality 

 of Adm ral Popoff. of tho Russian navy, under whoso directions 

 several " Popoilkas" were built at the Kronstadt arsenals some 

 yearsago. A further experiment in this direction is to be made 

 with the new yacht now building for the Czar. The contract has 

 been awarded to John Elder & Co., of Glasgow. The model will 

 iKjcllipfle, with flat hot lorn, oil he following dimensions Length, 

 230ft.; beam, 153ft.; draft forward, 6ft.; draft aft, 16ft.; mean draft, 

 Oft. 3in. Three engines- of 10,500 horse-power collectively, and 

 an expected speed of fifteen knots. The cost, ex.-lusive of fur- 

 niture and decorations, will be $1,000,000. The experiment will 

 be watched with much interest, but we have not much faith in 

 her seagoing qualities. 



" Cktonia."— As this famous English schooner will be oue of 

 those most likely to be matched against Idler during the pro- 

 posed visit of the latter to Europe, It will be interesting to 

 note that she has had four tons of lead put In her keel, and lead 

 substituted for the Iron Inside. She is bound for the Nice races 



" Formosa. "-The Prince of Wales has bought this beautiful 

 100-ton cutter, and English papers expect him to do some mora 

 extensive yachting this year. 



Steam Yachts in Enoland.— They build them over there 

 about asfast as they can be launched. In the language of the 

 imaginative reporter, "there is now a perfect saturnalia of steam 

 5 r aeht building" in England. Here is a sample : Messrs. Cunliffo 

 & Dunlop, of Port Glasgow, are building a new yacht for Mr. 

 N.B.Stewart. Length over all, 192ft; between perpendiculars, 

 170 ft.; beam, 27f I. 3in.; draught of water aft, 13ft. 6in.; tonnage, 

 over measurement, 600. Compound, surface coudensing engines; 

 cylinders, 26 and 16in,, with 27in. stroke; indicated horse-powers 

 500. The new vessel will be built of iron.to class 100 A, under special 

 survey of Lloyd's. Feathering screw of the Bevis patent, 10ft. 

 6in. diameter, of gun-metal. Eigged as a three-masted, pols- 

 headed schooner ; mainmast, UOft. deck to truck ; head-room, 

 8ft.; two saloons below are 25xlift,; deck saloon, 10x11ft.; nine 

 staterooms, two of 18x13ft. 



Mtnot Smith's Sharpies.— Wo learn thai the sharpie built by 

 Minot Smith at Port Jefferson, and now in the Southern fruit and 

 vegetable trade, has given much satisfaction. His sharpie is, how- 

 ever, rather a departure from the orthodox, and in principle ac- 

 tually approaches the sloops. Forward she has a narrow floor 

 dead-riso to her floors, whieh starts from tho Horizontal as 

 the stepping line of the floors rises, thus securing a long, easy en- 

 trance, as well as a loug run with moderate beam. Suoh a boat 

 with a load aboard can be easy in rough water, but she is hardly 

 to be considered a sharpie any longer, but rather a sloop model 

 with a sharp knuckle to the. bilge aft, with the advantagoof light 

 draft and cheap construction. 



QUESTION OF TYPE, 



Editor Forest and Stream ;— 



1 havo read with much interest the several articles iu your val- 

 uable paper on tho type question, especially those by Mr Kirby 

 and the one in your last issue signed " Corinthian." 



Although far more ready with the tiller and the ril 

 the pen I take up the latter, un pcu malQt-lmof, to refute several 

 assertions in those communications that aro hardly consistent 

 with the facts. 1 regret that In eo doing I shall have to refer so 

 much to my own person and doings. 



"Corinthian," to prove the superiority of American models, 

 claims great speed for all of Fish's, Kirby's, and many of Ells- 

 wort h's and Steers' models, etc. According to the records Mr. 

 Kirby has two only that have distinguished themselves in a signal 

 manner, ManneMiw and Arrow. His sailboats ore mana i tb m 



fast. Mr. Ellsworth's Comet and Elephant, in the weather they 

 weie designed for, aro wonders. Mr. Fish has produced some 

 very fast racing craft, namely, WkileCap, \'iiru. ten, 1/sio/i and. 

 some others that, In my humble opinion, cannot be so classed, f, ,r 

 instance, Lot's, that upset on a summer's day in a whole sail 

 breeze; Em/Vmfms?. that Etfeffel (half her tonnage) defeated in 

 England in a thrash to windward, and— well I had better stop or 

 I shall have some " touchy " owners about my ears. 



Mr. Steers' America, aUow me to Inform "Corinthiau," ta not 

 a "rule of thumb" vessel. She is a beautifully designed waft, 



